[StBernard] How is This for a Vacation

[Westley Annis]

This is getting serious.   None of the other First Ladies spent money like
this or cause such disturbances in other countries.  Laura Bush would have
already been plastered on the front page of every newspaper in America with
unkind remarks.   Doesn't anyone have the guts to ask questions?
 
 


 
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Michelle One
On Sunday, President Obama flew back to the United States on Air Force One.
His wife, two daughters and her mother did a bit of shopping in Paris before
taking their own Boeing 757 (C-32) over to London to do some sight seeing.
 
We all remember Obama's admonishment to corporate CEO's in February:
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"You can't get corporate jets, you can't go take a trip to Las Vegas or go
down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayers dime."
 
Apparently that doesn't apply to his wife. The London Times
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6466571.ece> opened it's
description of Michelle's visit this way:


Motorcycle outriders, armoured Chevrolets and bullet-headed men in raincoats
criss-crossed London yesterday as Michelle Obama and her daughters spent a
second day on an unofficial visit to the capital. 
 
The Times went on to describe that when Michelle and the girls arrived at
Westminster Abbey, the building was closed to tourists with people already
in told to "wait against the wall." An American visiting the Abbey said
"Right then I knew it was probably someone from our 'royal family'."
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Michelle's motorcade shut down the London street above as the First Lady of
the World and her children go for Fish and Chips at a pub in Mayfair. The
entourage inside the restaurant was 15 people while dozens more wait
outside. Include the dozens of Air Force personnel to fly and service the
plane, embassy personnel and other staff and we are talking about a serious
expenditure of tax payer dollars.
 
Meanwhile, millions of Americans have lost their jobs and won't be able to
take their family on  holiday. Despite their circumstances they'll still be
expected to fork over the tax dollars to pay for Michelle's trip!